Program
first ever
to achieve
1,000 wins
By Jake Calhoun
Daily Staff Writer
The ISU wrestling team became the
first collegiate wrestling program in the
nation to reach 1,000 all-time dual victories with its victory over Arizona State,
30–10, Sunday in Tempe, Ariz. The Cyclones captured seven victories of the
dual meet’s 10 matches against the Sun
Devils, nabbing one fall, one technical
fall, a major decision and a win by forfeit in four of the seven victories.
“It’s something special to be a part
of as a senior,” said Jake Varner, who
won by forfeit to improve his career
record to 112–10 at Iowa State. “A thousand wins in dual meet competition is
pretty impressive, and to be a part of
that is kind of a special thing.”
Iowa State (11–2, 2–0 Big 12) began
the dual with the marquee match, pitting fifth-ranked Andrew Long against
third-ranked Anthony Robles. Long
recorded two takedowns, a two-point
nearfall and three-point nearfall within
the first two periods to take a 10–3 lead
heading into the third period. Robles
chose to start from the top position to
begin the third period, never letting
Long out of his grip to record three
three-point nearfalls to stage the comefrom-behind victory over Long by a decision of 12–10.
“He’s right where he needs to be,”
first-year ISU coach Kevin Jackson
said of his 125-pounder. “[Robles] is a
special kid. He’s an expert in a couple
things that he does, and unfortunately
Andrew allowed him to catch his wrists
and once [Robles] gets control of your
wrists, he can score a lot of points and
he can turn you because that’s what
he does and that’s what he does best.
What’s most important is that Andrew
realized what he would need to do to
beat [Robles] and I think he recognizes
that now.”
Long suffered his fifth loss of the
season by the three different wrestlers.

see WRESTLING on PAGE 13

Safety

Search for the missing
Disappearances
of people produce
various reactions
By Sarah Haas
Daily Staff Writer
Although authorities have released relatively little information
about Jon Lacina, the ISU community has kept him in its thoughts.
“Any time a situation like this
happens, it sends certain shock
waves through a community,” said
Jeffery K. Ellens, ISU Student Counseling Service staff psychologist.
“Situations like these are difficult to
cope with, difficult to resolve in one’s
mind because we don’t have much
information to go on.”
He encourages people to find
support in family and friends.
“It’s healthy to have support and
talk about how you’re feeling,” Ellens
said.
Yet there are a number of other
activities that can help to cope, and
peoples’ stress mechanisms vary

see LACINA on PAGE 3

Megan Phelan, left, junior in elementary education, and Lacie Corsaut, junior in elementary education, hold candles at the
vigil for Jon Lacina on Thursday at the Campanile. Attendance peaked at more than a dozen students who held a moment of
silence and shared prayers for the missing student. Photo: Logan Gaedke/Iowa State Daily

Multiple systems in place
to ensure people are found
By Jenna Nikkel
Daily Correspondent

Missing person alert information
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Since the search for missing ISU student Jon Lacina began Jan. 30, law enforcement members have not
paused in their investigation. They took action immediately after Lacina’s father reported him missing.
Shortly after the report was taken, an ISU emergency
alert was sent to all students, asking them to contact
the ISU Police Department with any information.
This speedy response is not always the case in
incidences of missing adults. According to an article
from the Minnesota House of Representatives, Brian
and Annette Swanson, as well as Dale and Sally Zamlen, said they were shocked by the lack of immediate
action taken by police when they reported their sons
missing.
While driving early in the morning of May 14,
2008, Brandon Swanson, of Minnesota, got stuck in
a ditch. He called his parents for help, but never received it. While his parents were on their way to help,

see ALERTS on PAGE 3

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Three-hundred-thirty-two people are
currently listed as missing on the Missing
Persons Information Clearinghouse in Iowa.
The Amber Alert stands for America’s Missing Broadcast Emergency Response. It is
designed to alert the public when a child
has been abducted and is in danger.
The Wireless Amber Alert program works
with law enforcement, the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children and
wireless carriers to provide free text alerts
when an Amber Alert is issued.
Some counties and states partner with A
Child is Missing Alert program to set up
an alert system that can make a thousand
calls per minute.
Some states, like Ohio, have missing adult
alerts, similar to an Amber Alert, for senior
citizens and mentally impaired persons.
In alerts like these, actions are taken to
contact media outlets statewide, alert
truckers and post relevant information on
electronic billboards, as well as other procedures. Not all states have a missing adult
alert, including Iowa.

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Code Adam is an alert used in businesses,
shopping malls and many other establishments. If a child is reported missing in a
store, for example, a Code Adam is announced over the loud speaker. It includes
the description of the child and what he or
she is currently wearing. If child is not found
within 10 minutes, the police are called.
U.S. Senate bill S.1301 — A Child is Missing Alert and Recovery Center Act — is
being reviewed by a committee right now.
The bill requests the Attorney General to
give funding through a grant to the A Child
is Missing Alert and Recovery Center.
A Silver Alert works much like an Amber
Alert, only it is used in relation to individuals, particularly the elderly, with Alzheimer’s
or other cognitive diseases. Congressman
Tom Latham, R-Iowa, worked to promote
the Silver Alert program in Washington and
tried securing grants for the program.
The National Center for Missing Adults is
the national clearinghouse. It was established as such in October 2000 by Kristen’s
Law.

City of Ames

Variety Show

CyRide
receives
funding,
overhaul

Performers entice gathered crowd

By Allison Suesse
Daily Staff Writer
The city of Ames capital improvement plan features more “aggressive”
updates this year for the CyRide bus
system as a result of a 27 percent ridership increase, said Sheri Kyras, CyRide
director of transit. These updates are
made possible by federal grant money,
ISU monetary support and the city of
Ames.
Each year, CyRide receives grant
money from the federal government.
This year CyRide received about $18.5
million that will be used over the next
five years and fund seven expenditures.
Proposed improvements would not be
possible without federal aid, though the
city of Ames will be funding a total of
$3,661,238 and Iowa State will be funding a total of $800,000 from student fees
over the next five years.
City manager Steve Schainker noted that the city’s proposal for the capital
improvements plan was based on the

see CYRIDE on PAGE 3

By Abigail Barefoot
Daily Staff Writer
Laughter and excitement filled the
Great Hall in the Memorial Union this
weekend as Variety Show 2010: Living
the Lyrics hosted its semi-finals.
Varieties second cuts were the first
performances opened to the general
public. The show featured many ISU
students. The first cuts were closed to
the public and served as a trial run to
help decide which group would perform on which night.
The show was split up into two
groups, with half the performances
Friday and the other half competing
Sunday. Each night held two showings
of the performance.
This year many different talents,
including singing, dancing from the
Iowa State Swing Club and a saxophone group, were showcased.
The show was broken up into
two categories. First there were greek
variety skits, which were 20-minute mini-musicals that the students
wrote, choreographed and performed
themselves. The second group was the
vignette groups, which consisted of soloists and smaller groups showing off
their wide range of talents.
Addie Hillmer, freshman in animal
ecology, watched Varieties for the first
time.
“I absolutely loved it,” Hillmer said.

Chaos in Candyland performs its skit for the greek varieties show Friday. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily

The crowds at the Sunday show
seemed to agree with Hillmer, with
many of the audience members
laughing and applauding throughout
the show.
The Great Hall was filled with parents, friends and people there just to
support the various performers.
For Hillmer and her friends, the
swing dancing vignette was their favorite part of the show.

“The swing dancing was amazing,”
Hillmer said. “I wish I could just throw
people in the air like that.”
Hillmer plans on going to finals as
well, after enjoying the semi-finals.
Winners were announced after
Sunday’s 5 p.m. show. The groups were
Chaos in Candyland, Sibling Smackdown and Camp Ottowatta Be Here.
These winners will move on to finals in two weeks and compete for a

chance to have a spot in next year’s Varieties, as well as bragging rights.
If you missed the excitement, finals
will be held Feb. 19 and 20. Tickets are
$8 for students and $10 for the general
public, with a price increase of $1 the
day of the show.
Tickets are general admission and
will be available through the Maintenance Shop box office or by phone at
515-294-8349.

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every Tuesday this month and enjoy the Farm House in a
whole new way. After tea, all are welcome to join in a guided
tour that will highlight different topics each week, including
Victorian music and entertainment, women’s work through the
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2. Innovation in Global Agriculture
in the 21st Century
Time: 8 p.m.

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Dakota and 29th Secretary of Agriculture, will present
“Innovation in Global Agriculture in the 21st Century.”
Schafer’s visit is sponsored by the Agricultural Entrepreneurship
Initiative within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
The Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative creates a broad
understanding of entrepreneurship among faculty and
students, provides educational experiences to develop
students’ entrepreneurial skills and increases interaction
between students, faculty and agricultural entrepreneurs.

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Jan. 31
Hao Yu, 19, 705
Maple Hall, was
arrested for public

intoxication and underage possession of
alcohol, reference an
incident that occurred
Jan. 29. He was subsequently released on
citation. (reported at
5:12 p.m.)
Feb. 1
Crystal Bustamante, 18, 128 Hickory
Drive, was arrested
and charged with
burglary of a motor
vehicle in the third degree and theft in the
fifth degree. (reported

The information in the log comes from the ISU and the City of Ames police departments’
records. All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

at 1 p.m.)
Nicholas Haltom,
22, of St. Anthony,
was arrested and
charged with theft
in the fourth degree.
(reported at 9 p.m.)
Tony Moore, 28,
3905 Tripp St. unit
11, was arrested and
charged with driving
under revocation
and possession of a
controlled substance.
(reported at 2:01
a.m.)
Brian Smith, 41, of
Nevada, was arrested

and charged with
driving while barred.
(reported at 4:20
p.m.)
Jennifer Stoeffler,
21, of Nevada, was
arrested and charged
with theft in the fourth
degree. (reported at
8:10 p.m.)
Vehicles driven by
Michele Beattie and
Gene Richardson
were involved in a
property damage
collision. (reported at
3:45 p.m.)
Vehicles driven by

William Nesbit and
Beau Blankenship
were involved in a
property damage
collision. (reported at
3:48 p.m.)
A resident reported
a possible fraud. (reported at 3:52 p.m.)
A resident reported
receiving a forged
check. (reported at
8:10 p.m.)

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his cell phone connection went
dead at 3:10 a.m. No one has
heard from Swanson since.
The sometimes-slow response of officials has spurred
the development of more detailed missing person laws, like
Brandon’s Law in Minnesota.
Brandon’s Law mandates Minnesota law enforcement to
immediately start investigating when a person is reported
missing, no matter the person’s
age. This means verifying if the
person is actually missing and
whether he or she is in a dangerous situation.
Minnesota is one of a few
states with a law specifically designed to increase the response
of authorities in missing adult
cases. Iowa is not included in
those few, but the state has
many protocols in place for
those who go missing.
All 50 states operate an online information clearinghouse
for missing persons. This clearinghouse serves as a centralized
place to inform the public about
missing person cases.
“We post photos, when
available, to help with identification,” said Linda Mason of
Iowa’s Missing Person Information Clearinghouse. “A news
release is posted weekly, listing
missing and located persons
since the last release.”
Every time someone reports a person missing to local
law enforcement, it is entered
into the National Crime Information Center. The NCIC is a
national computer system that
provides access for law enforcement agencies to share information on missing persons, as
well as information on different
crimes. Information posted on
the NCIC is soon re-posted on
Iowa’s MPIC.
“In Iowa, the public can report a missing person to local
law enforcement,” said Kevin
Winker, assistant director of Iowa’s Division of Criminal Investigation. “When that information is entered into NCIC, that is
covered and sent to whoever is
working at the time.”
An average of eight to 10
people are reported missing
every day in Iowa, Mason said.
To stay updated on new posts,
visitors may register for a daily
e-mail notification on the Web
site.
“Some people are reported
missing and found the same
day,” Mason said. “So they
might not show up in the e-mail
notification if found a few hours
later.”
Mason said the clearinghouse provides a contact for
someone with a lead regarding
a certain case. It also gives instructions on the proper way of
reporting a tip to authorities.
“Occasionally, I receive tips
or leads from the general public.
Whether it be a missing adult or
child, I pass the leads to the originating agency,” Mason said.
Chapter 694 of Iowa Code
requires missing person reports
taken by local law enforcement
be posted on the clearinghouse
for the public to see. While
chapter 694 lays out general
guidelines of who can be considered a missing person, it does
not spell out specific protocol
law enforcement should follow
when handling such a case.
“Generally speaking, law
enforcement in Iowa is good in
dealing with these situations.
When they learn of a missing
person, they take the appropriate steps in locating that
missing person,” Kevin Winker
said. “There is no requirement
in Iowa for local law enforcement to contact the Division of
Criminal Investigation, but that
doesn’t mean an immediate
investigation has not been initiated.”
Iflocal officials feel they need

LACINA
from PAGE 1

widely. Some people find relief
in exercising, eating well, getting good rest and being aware
of how much alcohol they’re
drinking.
“We want people to avoid
feeling like there is only one way
for people to react to a situation like this. It’s important to
remember that people cope differently,” he said.
There is no hierarchy of coping mechanisms.
For students who feel like it’s
particularly distressing, counseling service offers free clinical
services.
“The unknowns can be
stressful, but most of the time
we learn how to cope effectively,” Ellens said, “But we as
a community can continue to
support the family and Jon’s
friends.”

additional guidance in a missing person’s case, the DCI follows specific protocol, Winker
said. First, they conduct a conference call formally known as a
missing persons search and rescue joint notification process.
The call involves a number of
experts including the following:
Iowa State Patrol, Iowa State Patrol communications, local law
enforcement, a staff operations
officer for homeland security, a
search and rescue specialist, a
DCI duty officer and generally
a county emergency management agency coordinator.
“Other people can be added
on this conference call if needed, depending on the nature
of the situation they’re dealing
with,” Winker said. “The whole
point is to quickly assess the
nature of the situation and what
assistance may be needed at the
local level.”
The DCI was contacted in
Lacina’s case. A day after the
search began, a DCI duty officer
was in Ames assisting the search
and rescue specialist. Winker
said this officer has been trained

in the search management
function.
While law enforcement officials use several facets of investigation to search for Lacina,
spreading the word of his disappearance continues to be very
important. The ISU emergency
alert system made for a speedy
process of notifying students
and staff. Those registered for
the alerts received phone calls
and text messages informing
them to contact police with information. Had the same situation taken place in a different
town, not near a university, telling the public may have taken
substantially longer.
The state of Iowa has an alert
system similar to Iowa State’s for
missing children, but not adults.
When an Amber Alert is issued
across the state, those registered
to receive text alerts will be immediately notified. A great deal
of investigation occurs in missing adult cases, informing the
public of such a disappearance
may take much longer depending on the town and if it has an
alert system in place.

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CYRIDE
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amount of capital available.
“You have to decide how much money will
be available this year to cover the capital improvements,” Schainker said.
In the case of the transit system, Schainker
noted that the proposal was also based on how
much federal and state funds are available to the
city for the year, and the decision on what will be
funded is based on need.
This year, CyRide has expressed a need for
improvements on bus stops, vehicle replacements and expansion of CyRide headquarters,
among other expenditures that are scheduled to
receive maintenance between 2011–’15.
Kyras noted that the proposals for improvements were based on the improvements staff’s
“need to implement in the next five years in order to efficiently operate CyRide.”
A few years ago, CyRide analyzed the bus
stops both on and off campus to determine the
need for improvements, including constructing
concrete pads at the stops, setting up benches
and shelters or lighting installation.
One criterion used to determine which bus
stops will be revamped included “the number
of riders boarding at that location,” Kyras said.
“Another criteria was if there was any shelter
nearby.”
The capital improvements plan also includ-

ed plans to purchase new CyRide buses this year.
“CyRide has the 14th-oldest urban bus system in the nation,” Kyras said. “And we have over
800 transit systems around the nation.”
The federal funding CyRide received for the
current capital improvements period will allow for the purchase of $2 million worth of new
buses in 2010. CyRide depends on federal grants
to fund 83 percent of these purchases.
Adding new buses to the fleet also poses issues for the streets in Ames. Included in the capital improvements plan is a proposal to rebuild a
portion of various CyRide routes that have deteriorated over the years.
“Originally, CyRide had smaller buses that
didn’t weigh as much and didn’t create as much
wear and tear on the streets, and now we’ve transitioned to the larger vehicles which are heavier
and do create more damage on the streets,”
Kyras said.
John Joiner, director of public works, added
that some of the older streets in Ames “weren’t
designed for the buses.” Certain routes are deteriorating faster and need thicker pavement.
This year, starting in the spring after ISU
students are dismissed for break, the city of
Ames will pursue full replacement projects on
Ontario Street, Ash Avenue and Knapp Street.
The improvements will take 12–15 weeks. Joiner
said the contractors are under a tight contract to
complete the improvements before students begin to return for fall semester.

Olde Main Brewing Co., 316 Main St., is
helping push for a change in Iowa’s definition
of beer.
Currently, beer that is more than 5 percent
alcohol by weight — or 6.2 percent alcohol by
volume — is classified as liquor.
“It has to go through the state liquor board,”
said Jeff Irvin, head brewer at Olde Main.
Because of the definition, breweries like
Olde Main aren’t allowed to produce beers
with alcohol above that mark, such as imperial pilsners, imperial stouts, barley wines and
double bocks.
However, out-of-state breweries can export
these beers to Iowa and sell them — a market
from which Iowa’s breweries are excluded.
“Legally I’m not allowed to produce it, and
that puts us at an economic disadvantage,” Irvin said.
SF 2091, introduced to the Iowa Senate last
Tuesday, would allow breweries to create and
sell beer up to 12 percent alcohol by weight.
“If it gets passed, it allows us to brew 30 percent of the beer styles that we’re not allowed to
brew right now,” Irvin said.
The Iowa Brewer’s Guild has advocated for
the bill, and Olde Main has used its blog and
Twitter pages to raise awareness of the issue.
“We’re trying to use some of that social media to get people excited about it,” Irvin said.
If the bill passes, though, Irvin cautions
Olde Main fans not to get too excited — the
new beer will take time to perfect and produce.
“It’d be a couple months before I’d feel
ready,” he said.

— Daily Staff

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Alumni contribute
to Central Iowa
wine industry’s
development
By Micaela Cashman
Daily Staff Writer
Central Iowa’s growing wine industry is due in part to several ISU
alumni.
Tim Clark and Matt Nissen,
managers of Prairie Moon Winery
in Ames, 3801 West 190th St., both
graduated from Iowa State, though
they received degrees in different
areas.
Clark earned a degree in horticulture and later got a master’s degree in
agricultural education.
He explained that he became interested in wine when he worked in
a Michigan grocery store in the wine
department.
“I loved wine, and I thought it
was a great thing for the state of
Iowa,” Clark said.
He moved back to Iowa and began planting vines for Prairie Moon
Winery in 2000.
The winery has been open since
August 2006.
According to Nissen, whose parents own the winery, the business
started out as a hobby.
“My dad grew grapes one year
and decided to keep going,” he said.
“It was one of those things where a
hobby turned into an idea, which
turned into a business.”
Nissen, who earned his degree
from Iowa State in hospitality management, said he decided to join
in his parents’ winery business because he thought it was a good opportunity.
“I thought it would be good to see
it start from the ground,” Nissen said.
“I did everything when we first started out, like planting the first vines
and distributing our wine.”
The
hobby-turned-business
currently sells its wine to 80 places
across the state.
Those places include grocery
stores, liquor stores and some local
specialty shops.
Prairie Moon Winery is currently
the only winery in Iowa making ice
wine.
“It’s when you leave the grapes
on the vines until the temperature
drops to around 13 degrees Fahrenheit,” Clark said.
“It’s a risky process to grow in this
climate because we can lose quite a

Matt Nissen, winemaker and manager at the Prairie Moon Winery, stands near an aging container in the winery’s
processing room. Photo: Rashah McChesney/Iowa State Daily

bit of grapes.”
Nissen added that many of their
vines are organic.
“All of them were at one point,”
he said, but problems with beetles
forced them to change their practices.
“We try to be as organic as we
can, but we can’t jeopardize our
crops,” Nissen said. “We use sustainable practices. We recycle all excess
skins and stems.”
Another major part of Prairie
Moon Winery are the events that
take place there.
Each Sunday during the summer, the winery hosts live music
events for the public.
The summer also brings many
weddings, receptions, rehearsal dinners and showers.
Throughout the year, the winery
hosts events, such as corporate business meetings and ISU department
functions.
For example, they are preparing to host a banquet for agriculture
education majors.
Rob Secor, who graduated from
Iowa State in 2008, is currently working on founding and building his
own winery in Fort Dodge, just 70
miles northwest of Ames.
While pursuing a degree in horticulture, Secor and his father, who
already owned a farm, explored
horticultural and agricultural pos-

Prairie Moon Winery creates many varieties, including Iowa’s only ice wine.
Some of the varieties are organic, and all wines are produced using sustainable practices. Photo: Rashah McChesney/Iowa State Daily

sibilities.
“We saw a budding wine industry [in Iowa],” he said.
Secor explained that his family
farm had “tons of land, and we were
ready to diversify.”
They were also trying to get out of
a shrinking hog industry.
While at Iowa State, Secor said he
applies what he learned about vine
varieties to planting in Iowa climate
and continues to learn.
“The vines for Iowa’s climate
are much more cold-tolerant than

Employment

Census offers students short-term jobs
Apply:

By Kyle Peterson
Daily Staff Writer

Jeff “Puff”
Irvin
Head Brewer,
Olde Main Brewing Co.,
316 Main St.

1. Graduated with a degree in
biology from Iowa State before
attending the UC Davis Master
Brewers Program. 2. Says that
making beer takes “a lot of nerdy
science,” but that there’s an
art form to it as well. “To make
everything work right you need to
use both of those disciplines.”
3. Loves James Bond movies.
4. Has created about 50 different
styles of beer so far. 5. And says
his beers are like his children —
he doesn’t have a favorite
and loves each of them equally.
6. His favorite book is “One Fish,
Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.”
7. Describes Iowa’s beer culture
as fantastic and still growing.
8. Is responsible for everything
from manufacturing, packaging and
maintenance to laboratory work,
engineering and quality control.
9. Calls Primus his favorite band.
10. Says when starting a brewery,
“every day is a new challenge.”

Students have been historically
one of the most difficult groups for
a census to count, in part because
they’re always on the move, but also
because they don’t always know
where they should call home.
“Many of them think of home
as where they should be counted,
or they don’t understand the importance of the census count in the
community that they live in or go to
school in,” said Bill Andrews, manager of the local census office. “An
excellent example of this is Ames,
Iowa.”
To make sure every community
member is counted, the census bureau will have on-campus census
questionnaire assistance and will go
door-to-door to follow up on unreturned census forms.
In order to get all of this accomplished, the local census office will
be hiring — at $11.75 an hour, plus
50 cents a mile reimbursement for
any mileage incurred.
To do the job on campus, the
census is recruiting students.
“We like to hire people to work
where they live,” Andrews said.
The census will hire about 1.1
million temporary workers nationwide, and about 5,000 in Iowa, said
Rich Gerdes, assistant regional cen-

The United States Census office in Ames is seen preparing for census day
on April 1, 2000. Hiring for the 2010 census is ramping up now and positions
for students are available. File photo: Iowa State Daily

sus manager at the Kansas City bureau.
“Probably in Story County in
general we’ll be hiring somewhere
in the neighborhood of 150 people,”
Andrews said. “People can work
from five to 40 hours a week depending on the operation we’re doing.”
“There are about half a dozen operations that will go on between now
and the end of August,” Andrews
said.
In communities where post office boxes are the main delivery

method of mail, teams of workers
will go door to door with forms.
“We’ll take roughly 400 people
to go out in these communities in
small teams,” Andrews said. “They
will take a census questionnaire to
every house in that county.”
In Ames, census-takers will blitz
student housing during the last
week in April, in order to follow up
on mailed census forms that have
not been returned.
“We’re going to mail this out and
[students] will probably be going on

many of the varieties that many people have heard of,” Secor said.
Contrary to what one might
think, the problems he has faced
have had little to do with the harsh
climate in the state.
“It is very difficult to start with the
size [of land] that we started with and
only have family and close family
friends to help get us off the ground,”
Secor said.
His winery, tentatively named
Soldier Creek Winery, will open next
year.

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“It asks them to input their ZIP
code number,” Andrews said.
“Once they do that, the call
is transferred directly to our
office.”
Applicants will also take a
28-question test over basic
skills such as reading and math.
“I would hope that most Iowa
State students could score 100
on it,” Andrews said.
Gerdes said any U.S. citizen
over the age of 18 is eligible.
“There really isn’t a due date,
but the quicker the better,”
Gerdes said. “We’re going
to start hiring probably midFebruary.”
Spring Break,” Gerdes said.
Historically, Iowans have handled census procedures well, and
the state leads the return ratio, with
approximately 80 percent of census
forms completed and returned to
the Census Bureau.
But that still leaves people uncounted, and with Iowa on the cusp
of losing one of its five congressional
seats, every additional person counted helps.
“It’s critical that Iowa’s census
count everyone,” Andrews said.

Proper career fair preparation
By Leslie Millard
Daily Staff Writer
The Career Fair comes but
twice a year. With these limited
opportunities, it is the student’s
job to use their time wisely
when at the fair.
Planning ahead is your best
bet to come out of the Career
Fair feeling successful.
“The best way to prepare beforehand is to get an idea of the
companies [the students] would
like to visit with,” said Tammy
Stegman, a career coordinator
for the College of Business.
With over 200 booths, it is
imperative that you come into
the Career Fair knowing what
companies you would like to
talk to and where they are located.
Stegman said students can
prepare by utilizing ISU Career

Management Services before
going to the fair.
You should research each of
the companies you plan to meet
with.
When you are talking to a
company, you should not ask
what they do — this is the information you should already
know.
A company will remember
you more if you express your
interest and ask good questions,
Stegman said.
Along with being mentally
prepared, you also need to be
physically prepared for the Career Fair.
Stegman suggests bringing
“notes on the companies that
you are visiting, a pad folio with
resumes and a working pen.”
It is important to bring multiple copies of your resume to
the Career Fair because you

should have the goal of talking
to many companies.
Stegman explained a student’s goal should be to create
connections and network rather
than to walk out of the fair with
an internship or job.
The Career Fair is a place
to make connections and network, not a place to show off
your fashion sense.
“Bring your most professional self to the Career Fair,”
Stegman explained.
Some good suggestions for
wardrobe are suits, dress pants
with a button-down shirt, dress
shoes and, for men, ties are a
must. Also make sure that your
colors coordinate and are muted.
“You don’t want to stand out
for the crazy clothes you wear,”
Stegman said.
It is important to be remem-

Megan Elias, distance education graduate in family finance, housing and policy, discusses a future
career with Annemarie Miller, a recruiting manager for Principal at the spring 2008 fair. File photo: Iowa
State Daily

bered by a company for the
things you say and the resume
you present rather than your
physical appearance.
It is a good idea to consult
professionals before going to
the Career Fair.
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someone in Career Services beforehand so you are confident
in your resume and what you
are going to say,” Stegman explained.
Career Services offers many
ways to prepare you for the Career Fair: resume review, mock

Simple steps to maximize your marketability
For the interview:

To get a better idea of how to prepare
for a first interview, we spoke to Molly
Cope, a business graduate of Western
Illinois and current human resources
manager for Pella Windows, and asked
how she expects applicants to prepare
for a first interview.

interviews, one-on-one sessions with career coordinators
and maps and company information on ISU CMS.
Stegman’s best preparatory
advice is to “take advantage of
the preparation programs available to you.”

Practice your interview questions
ahead of time so that when you’re
in the hot seat you can respond in a
calm, collected manner.

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Have a copy of your resume, cover
letter and references: Just because
you sent it to them doesn’t mean
they’ll have it. Come prepared with
copies of everything “organized and
easily available.”

■■

Always bring along a pen and paper:
Have both of these in hand to jot
down questions, comments or notes
to yourself for reminders at a later
date. “Be sure to write down something specific from the interview that
you can use to personalize your
thank you letter after the interview.”

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sheet and portfolio: “No matter what
your line of business, it’s always a
good idea to carry with you examples of past work to show during an
interview,” Cope said.

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Utilize your internship experiences
By Sarah Binder
Daily Staff Writer
We all know internships are important. They fill out resumes, give experience and for many majors, they’re an
expectation for graduation.
But they can be much more than
just another requirement to fulfill; they
can have a real impact on your life. Internships offer opportunities to travel
and try new things, to learn about yourself while learning about your field.
They could even pave the way to
your future career.
“Internships are becoming a feeder
system for full-time job offers,” said
Mike Gaul, director of Career Services
for the College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences.
Here’s how to make sure your internship isn’t just another few required
credits.
Get involved: Involvement in clubs
and professional organizations fill out
your resume and give you meaningful
experiences — and a practical advantage.
“You’re going to have a hard time
connecting to someone in interviews
if you don’t have any relevant experiences to talk about,” said Rob Mayer,
senior in industrial engineering who is
interning at NASA this semester.
In addition to the hundreds of clubs
available on campus, most careers
have related professional organizations
at the campus, state and national levels.
Explore all the options: While Career Fairs and ISU Career Management
Services are vital to any student’s job
hunt, students have also found opportunities through their Career Services
departments, on the AccessPlus job
board and by networking within their
organizations. Use all of the resources
available to have a comprehensive job
search.
Do your homework: Students
should go into career fairs with a
“one-minute commercial,” said Steve
Kravinsky, director of Career Services

sen didn’t have those skills at the time,
she got the job. She said learning new
things and getting to use them on the
job was one of the most rewarding
parts of her internship.
Also, apply early. While it’s certainly
not too late to score a great internship,
Gaul said a major trend is companies
hiring earlier and earlier.
“Be desperate”: “Take anything you
can — especially in this climate. Don’t
discount anything,” Hrubes said.
Any internship is an opportunity.
Even the smallest companies have connections. Put your foot in the door.
Be willing to take risks: Moving to
Brazil for a semester delayed Hrubes’
graduation, but he said it was worth it
to gain the experience.
Mayer took a 30 percent pay cut
to work for NASA, but he said it was
“a pretty fair trade-off” to work for his
dream company.
Do your homework, again: Once
you’ve landed the internship, you have
to take more time to think about what
you want to gain.
“Have a set of objectives before you
go in,” Hrubes said.
Your supervisor may ask you on the
first day what you want to get out of
your internship. If you have a clear list
prepared, you’re more likely to have an
experience that fits your definition of
“rewarding.”
Extra Credit — Try Something new:
“Don’t take the same internship over
and over,” Hrubes said.
If you have time to do multiple internships, use the opportunity to gain
more varied experiences.
Hrubes said his third internship
changed his career path. His first two
were with equipment companies, but
after his third, with Syngenta, he became more interested in biotechnology. He will be taking a full-time job
with the Dow Chemical Company after
graduation.
“You know it’s going to end in three
months,” he said. “An internship is like
a test drive.”

Robert Mayer, senior in industrial engineering, stands next to astronauts Kay Hire and Steve Bowen. Hire will be flying on the
STS-130 mission on Feb. 7. Courtesy photo: Robert Mayer

for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Concisely tell companies about
your skills, interests and why they
should remember you out of the hundreds of students they see.
In addition to knowing yourself,
you should know something about
the companies to which you’ll be talking. Doing the research on a company
shows real interest and initiative.
Also, expect the company to have
done their homework. Look for specific
job descriptions when researching internships.
Ryan Hrubes, senior in agricultural
business who has had six internships,
said one of the least rewarding ones
was also one of the least structured.
“Something wishy-washy shows
they haven’t thought it through,”

Kravinsky said.
Look for information on the training process, mentoring, what duties are
expected and what type of evaluation
will be administered at the end.
Get ready to press flesh: “Learn the
art of networking,” Gaul advised.
While networking may sound intimidating, it’s just a matter of talking
to the right people — family, friends,
professors and people in the industry
— and it can be hard to overstate its
importance.
“You have to put yourself in the
places where employers will be,” Hrubes said.
This could mean going to career
fairs, frequenting your Career Services
department or getting involved with
clubs.

It also wouldn’t hurt to have several
polished copies of your resume handy.
Finally, network with your fellow
students. You can learn a lot about your
potential internship by talking to students who have worked for the company in the past. Your Career Services
department can help you find these
students or recent grads.
Apply, apply, apply: “Even if you
aren’t sure if you meet the qualifications, apply. The worst they can do is
say no,” said Emily Thomsen, senior
in marketing, who had an internship
with Reiman Gardens in the summer
of 2008 that turned into a job she’s held
ever since.
The job description said applicants should know Adobe Illustrator
and Photoshop. Even though Thom-

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“I want to do
something that’s
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“I am looking for
a job in business
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either a hotel or
a restaurant.”

“I want to be in
a different state
where it is warm
in the winter.”

“I am looking for
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or operations.”

“I’d really like to
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Real world realities: a slap in the face
Life after college
can be daunting
but invigorating
By Stephanie Sink
Daily Staff Writer
Graduating college is a big
accomplishment in someone’s
life, as well as another milestone
checked off his or her list of
things achieved. The next step
is the real world, which comes
with many realities that you
didn’t experience while in college.
Graduating college means
the beginning of a career, hopefully, and the beginning of new
friendships and new experiences. But during our current
economic situation, it’s hard for
students who have just graduated to find a job in the field of
their interest.
Molly Pavelick, graduate of
Iowa State in May of 2008, said
she was surprised at the lack of
jobs available after graduation.
“I graduated in elementary
education, and I thought there
were going to be jobs available
to me, but there weren’t as many
as I hoped for,” Pavelick said.
Jason Schmitz, graduate of
Iowa State this past December,
said his situation is different because he’s not actually pursuing
a job in his field of study at the
moment.
“My diploma is mine and
no one can take that away from
me,” Schmitz said.
Leaving college can also
mean leaving the friends you’ve
made over the past years in college behind.
Although the saying goes,
“The friends you make in college will be your friends for life,”
you are still forced to bond with
new friends and make new relationships with people within
your workplace or other new
situations.
Pavelick said one of the
hardest parts about transitioning into the real world was
starting over without anybody
knowing who you are.
“When you’re in college, you
have your automatic relationships you’ve created through
classes, work, dorm rooms. Now

you’re trying to recreate what
you had in college and it’s not as
easy,” Pavelick said. “You have to
recreate something completely
different.”
Schmitz also said one of the
hardest parts of the transition
was making relationships with
new people.
“It’s harder to make new
friends and new relationships
with people because you’re not
put in that environment where
you meet different people,”
Schmitz said.
Graduating from college is
also about enjoying the freedom
of no classes or homework. One
of the easiest transitions into the
real world is getting to be somewhat free.
Schmitz said that knowing

that your work isn’t going to follow you home is a lot easier than
having to deal with the homework that would always follow
you home when you were in
college.
“Your time is your time,”
Schmitz said.
“When you’re done with
work, you’re done with work;
and you can go out on a
Wednesday night, if you don’t
work Thursday, knowing you’re
not being irresponsible.”
Pavelick said the easiest and
best thing from graduating college was the chance to experience anything you want and
not being limited to only a few
choices.
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different foods I’ve never tried.
You’re trying out a completely
different culture and diversity
and learning how to become an
adult,” Pavelick said.
The realities of entering the
real world after college can be
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While you’re searching for a
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Iowa towns prepare for murder trial
By Nigel Duara
Associated Press Writer
IOWA CITY — The murder trial of a
former football player accused of killing
his high school coach is expected to test
the resources of two small Iowa towns.
A crush of media and potential jurors is expected at the Boyd Building
in Shell Rock on Wednesday morning,
when jury selection in the trial of Mark
D. Becker is scheduled to start.
Jury selection had been scheduled
to begin Monday, but Judge Stephen
Carroll postponed it Sunday, citing an
impending snowstorm that was expected to bring 10 to 12 inches of fresh
snow on Butler County, according to
Nancy Newhouse, the trial’s media coordinator and editor of the Waterloo
Courier.
Becker, 24, is charged with firstdegree murder in the shooting death of
his former coach Ed Thomas last June
in the Aplington-Parkersburg High
School weight room. Defense attorney

Susan Flander has said Becker will use
a defense of insanity or diminished responsibility.
The shooting has drawn national
attention, in part because of Thomas’
success on the field and his role in leading Parkersburg’s recovery from a massive and deadly tornado in 2008.
Becker’s trial is expected to be held
in Allison, the seat of Butler County,
but prosecutors have filed a motion
that will allow them to change venues
if it becomes apparent an impartial jury
can’t be found in the county.
Jury selection will start with about
200 people.
That number was too big for any
room in Allison, a city of about 1,000
people, so the jury selection was moved
to the slightly larger community of Shell
Rock.
Mike Klinefelter, owner of the Shell
Rock restaurant Klinc’s, said Carroll, the
judge in the case, stopped by to warn
him about the influx of potential jurors,
lawyers and media people into the little

town.
“He came in to make sure we’d be
prepared,” Klinefelter said. “From what
Judge Carroll told us, we expect between 200 and 300 people.”
Klinefelter said his is one of only two
restaurants in town, each of which will
serve a preset list of daily specials for as
long as the jury selection lasts.
“It’s just to help turn people over as
fast as we can,” Klinefelter said.
Shell Rock, with about 1,200 people,
has a one-man police force — Police
Chief Lou Staudt. He said the city would
be ready for jury selection at the Boyd
Building, home to city hall.
“We’re taking extra precautions,
making sure [the Boyd Building] is secure,” Staudt said. “It’s just the simple
fact that it’s just a big jury selection that’s
being held and we need to be ready.”
Staudt said he’s walked the area
and will rope off a street in front of the
building to help direct the foot traffic of
potential jurors, court officials and the
media.

Mark Becker walks past members of his family as he leaves the courtroom in
the Cerro Gordo County Law Enforcement Complex on Jan. 29, after his hearing
in Mason City. Becker, 24, is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of his
former coach Ed Thomas last June. Photo: Jeff Heinz/The Associated Press

Earthquake Aftermath

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Traumatized Haitian population Drugs disposed
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end up in water
By Frank Bajak
Associated Press Writer

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The battered bodies may be mending, but the
minds still struggle.
As many as one in five Haiti earthquake
victims have suffered trauma so great with
the multiple shock of lost homes, jobs and
loved ones that they won’t be able to cope
without professional help, doctors say.
In a country where mental health
services barely existed before the quake,
building the required support is a huge
challenge.
The symptoms can’t be diagnosed by
stethoscopes, blood tests and X-rays, and
can take time to surface after the initial
shock of the disaster.
“It’s not about immediate psychological counseling,” said Dr. Lynne Jones, a senior medical adviser for the International
Medical Corps. “It’s about assisting mourning. People cannot recover if their social
needs are not met.”
Jones, a veteran of natural disasters and
wars from Bosnia to Indonesia, is teaching front-line doctors how to identify “disabling fear” and, quite literally, hold people’s hands and listen.
Hugo Emmanuel is one of the untold
thousands who doctors say have lost the
ability to cope.
“Stay away! I don’t want you to touch
me,” he barks at an American nurse who
only wants to wash his shattered lower leg.
Emmanuel, 49, is an educated man of
spindly limbs but voluble spirit who lies on
a mattress on the floor of the kitchenette in
the Espoir Hospital in the capital’s hills.
He tore the cast off his leg last week.

For days after he arrived two weeks ago, he
only let the hospital director feed him; he
claimed everyone else was trying to poison
him.
Emmanuel, who lies in his underwear
beneath a white sheet and towel, is at least
getting personal attention. Most of those
diagnosed with severe trauma are treated
as outpatients because there is no room
for them in the country’s 91 functioning
hospitals.
“The doctors in such situations tend
only to hand out tranquilizers,” Jones said.
“We don’t want them to do that.”
Tranquilizers are hardly sufficient for
earthquake victims like Emmanuel, who
lost his house, both of his parents and his
job.
“I was in a coma-type situation,” Emmanuel says in graceful French that reflects
his experience as a Quisqueya University
researcher. “Every time I think about losing
my family, I lose my mind.”
He quickly corrects himself. “I’m not
crazy. I just think I’m suffering from psychological shock.”
The hospital’s director, Dr. Gusse Darline, said Emmanuel is sporadically amnesiac. But that’s only part of his problem.
“He didn’t want to come into the hospital for treatment. We had to drag him in,”
she said.
Darline says she doesn’t know what to
do with Emmanuel once his leg heals.
Port-au-Prince’s only psychiatric hospital is barely functioning. All but 11 of its
more than 100 pre-quake patients were
removed by relatives who feared the building would collapse in another quake, said
Dr. Peter Hughes, an Irish psychiatrist who
arrived late last week and is studying what

to do.
Hospital nurses have refused to accompany Hughes into the building — though it
appears structurally sound to him — because “they are absolutely petrified” of another quake, he said.
“There’s no electricity and no running
water. Some patients are in a barred room.
There is a need for mattresses and working
toilets.”
It is not known how many mental
health workers are available to help in
Haiti.
Pan American Health Organization officials who are coordinating medical care
among more than 200 aid groups have
only just begun to create a database of
hospitals, patients, doctors and medical
resources.
But it seems clear that Haiti will have to
train more of its own personnel to work on
the front lines with people suffering from
psychological trauma.
“The most urgent need ... is not food
and water which is temporary,” said Pierre
Brunache Jr., an official with the Citizens
Network for Foreign Affairs who led a survey of relief workers and victims. “The most
urgent need is for psychiatrists.”
Dr. Jorge Castilla, lead coordinator of
the aid groups in Haiti, put out an urgent
request Sunday for mental health professionals.
“But this is not easy because they have
to be able to adapt to the culture and the
language,” he said. “I can’t have hundreds
of volunteers coming here who don’t speak
the languages.”
Castilla said he’s looking to the French
Caribbean islands of Guadelupe and Martinique as possible sources.

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Associated Press Writer
PORTLAND, Maine — The
federal government advises
throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash
instead of down the drain, but
they can end up in the water
anyway, a study from Maine
suggests.
Tiny amounts of discarded
drugs have been found in water at three landfills in the state,
confirming suspicions that
pharmaceuticals thrown into
household trash are ending up
in water that drains through
waste, according to a survey by
the state’s environmental agency that’s one of only a handful to
have looked at the presence of
drugs in landfills.
That landfill water — known
as leachate — eventually ends
up in rivers. Most of Maine
doesn’t draw its drinking water
from rivers where the leachate
ends up, but in other states that
do, water supplies that come
from rivers could potentially be
contaminated.
The results of the survey are
being made known as lawmakers in Maine consider a bill,
among the first of its kind in the
nation, that would require drug
manufacturers to develop and
pay for a program to collect unused prescription and over-thecounter drugs from residents
and dispose of them.
Scientists have known of
the common presence of minute concentrations of pharmaceuticals in drinking water,
either through human excretion flushed into sewers or leftover medicine thrown down
the drain. Research shows that
pharmaceuticals sometimes
harm fish and other aquatic
species, and that human cells
can fail to grow normally in the
laboratory when exposed to
trace concentrations of certain
drugs.
The Maine Department
of Environmental Protection
found tiny amounts — measured in parts per trillion — of
medications ranging from antidepressants to blood pressure
and cholesterol prescriptions.
The most prevalent drugs were
over-the-counter pain relievers,
including ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
“People need a way to properly dispose of their drugs, and
they’re not getting it right now,”
said Mark Hyland, director of
the state Department of Environmental Quality’s Bureau of
Remediation and Waste Management.
The bill is one of many
“take-back” programs under
consideration in more than half
a dozen states and would be the
first of its kind if enacted; it has
won committee support and
awaits further action.
The bill is opposed by the
Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America, a
Washington-based organization that represents pharmaceutical and biotechnology
companies and has partnered
with other groups to pay for advertising against the proposal.
The lobby acknowledges
that previous testing shows
trace levels of pharmaceuticals
can be found in water supplies

and landfills, but says the levels
are so small that they pose little
risk.
“The amounts of pharmaceuticals (in the environment)
are infinitesimally small,” said
Marjorie Powell, senior assistant
general counsel. “We’re talking
about two drops in an Olympicsize swimming pool. Those two
drops are much lower than any
doses that would have an effect
on humans.”
The state last October tested
leachate at landfills in Augusta,
Brunswick and Bath. Hyland ordered up the study after members of the pharmaceutical
industry expressed skepticism
about the presence of pharmaceuticals in landfill water.
Leachate at Maine landfills
typically is piped or trucked to
municipal wastewater treatment plants. Those plants are
not equipped to remove drugs
from the water before it is discharged into rivers and the
ocean.
The pharmaceuticals found
in the landfills don’t pose a direct
threat to drinking water, Hyland
said. The landfills are lined to
protect groundwater supplies,
and in Maine there aren’t any
wastewater plants that treat
leachate and discharge into rivers that ultimately supply drinking water.
But the leachate — in high
enough concentrations — can
pose a threat to fish and shellfish. Research suggests that hormonal drugs, like birth control
pills, tend to feminize fish. If the
trend continues, Hyland said,
there could be too few male fish
to continue reproduction.
“What you find are greater
concentrations of females
downstream
from
where
they’ve seen a dose of hormones, so you find a feminization of the fish population
where there are fewer males
around,” he said.
Hyland said he has questions about the effect on commercial seafood — one of
Maine’s biggest industries — in
ocean waters downstream from
the rivers, particularly bivalves
such as clams or mussels, which
filter water constantly and live
near the shore. “But obviously
we need to know a lot more before we can draw a lot of conclusions,” Hyland said.
Although landfill leachate
doesn’t get into drinking water
supplies in Maine, it probably
does elsewhere, said Andy Tolman, a geologist with the Maine
Center for Disease Control and
Prevention. And some scientists
urge caution about the dangers
of drinking such water over several decades.
“Many larger states have
big rivers that are used for both
waste disposal and drinking
water supplies, places like Ohio
and Pennsylvania,” Tolman
said. “The same river gets used
a number of times, and they’re
very concerned about treatment of sewage and leachate.”
Powell, from the pharmaceutical lobby, argued that people
can properly dispose of their
drugs in their household trash.
In Maine, much of the trash is
burned, she said, and pollution
control experts agree that incinerating unwanted drugs is the
safest solution.

Toyota owners get repairs,
possible Prius recall looms
By Dee-Ann Durbin
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT — Responding
to two recalls and facing the
prospect of another one, Toyota dealers across the country
were repairing thousands of
cars Saturday, the first weekend day that many drivers had
a chance to take action.
Although many dealers expected a long line of customers, most drivers seemed far
from panicked.
Delwyn Wright, a 51-yearold truck driver, had heard
about Toyota’s troubles on the
news but got the accelerator
on his wife’s Camry fixed Saturday after it was suggested
by a dealer in Columbia, S.C.,
where Wright had taken the car
for an oil change.
“We ain’t never had no
problem with it,” Wright said.
Toyota recalled 2.3 million
cars in eight models, including the top-selling Camry, on
Jan. 21 and stopped selling the
vehicles five days later because
the gas pedals can get stuck
in a depressed position. But
it took until the past week for

Toyota to mail parts to dealers
and train technicians, making
this the first weekend many
Toyota owners could seek repairs.
At the same time, dealers
are repairing 5 million Toyotas
from an earlier recall because
their floor mats could jam the
pedals, causing unintended
acceleration. And the possibility of another recall looms —
this time, for the company’s
celebrated Prius hybrid.
Even so, at Manhattan
Toyota, a dealership on the
borough’s West Side, there were
more potential Toyota buyers
in the showroom on Saturday
than car owners waiting for
their gas pedal to be modified. A giant sign in the window
read: “We have 200 cars not affected by the recall.”
Sales manager Chris Mignano said the dealership
started doing the pedal modifications on Friday, completing
work on about 30 cars by Saturday morning. Six extra technicians were hired to handle
the repairs.
Mignano said every customer who called has been

given an appointment and a
quick primer on how to stop
their vehicle — apply the
brakes and put the car in neutral — if a problem should occur.
One customer, Margot
Hammond, called the repair
“very easy — no problems.”
Rob Gregory of Rochester
Toyota in Rochester, Minn.,
had a steady stream of customers needing gas pedal repairs Saturday, but lines were
never more than three or four
cars long.
He said it took technicians
about 15 minutes to install a
steel shim in the gas pedal assembly to stop the pedal from
staying down.
Even though the fix is quick
and simple, dealers say they’re
confident that the repair will
stop the gas pedal problems.
“I’ve been with Toyota 20
years, I feel confident with
Toyota,” said Bruce Winokur,
general sales manager at Toyota Center in Columbia, S.C. “As
long as I’ve been with them,
everything they’ve done in
the past with issues, they have
done the right way.”

Assault

Wyoming town jolted
by internet rape case
By Ben Neary
Associated Press Writer
CASPER, Wyo. — Authorities say a Wyoming woman
was assaulted at her front door,
raped at knifepoint in her living room and left bound on
the floor, and they say one of
the men charged in the brutal
attack claimed that he thought
it was invited.
Two men are accused in
the crime. One is charged with
carrying out the rape.
The other, the woman’s
ex-boyfriend, stands accused
of posing as the victim online
and claiming she harbored a
rape fantasy and wanted to be
assaulted.
The case in the central
Wyoming city of Casper, population 54,000, illustrates that
middle America isn’t immune
to the dangers of Internet anonymity and predators who
target victims through online
ads that hint at sex and prostitution.
Prosecutor Mike Blonigen,
the Natrona County district attorney, declined to comment
on the specifics of the ongoing
rape case.
But he said Internet cases
generally pose a challenge to
law enforcement.
“Tracking down who’s involved is relatively difficult,”
Blonigen said. “It’s pretty easy
to set up a false identity in cyberspace, so that’s always an
issue. And of course, they have
to make some overt act to actually accomplish any of these
things. We’re not the thought
police.”
In the Casper case, Blonigen’s office has charged Ty Oliver McDowell, 26, of Bar Nunn,

a Casper suburb, with three
counts of first-degree sexual
assault, one count of kidnapping and one count of aggravated burglary. Jebidiah James
Stipe, 27, a Marine based in
Twentynine Palms, Calif., is
charged with conspiracy to
commit first-degree sexual assault.
Lawyers representing McDowell and Stipe declined
comment.
A few days before the
Casper woman was raped, she
had complained to the Natrona County Sheriff’s Department that someone had made
a false Craigslist posting about
her, including photographs
and personal information.
The ad read, “Need a real
aggressive man with no concern for women,” authorities
said.
Craigslist took the advertisement down when the
woman complained. Yet prosecutors say it was posted long
enough to catch the attention
of McDowell, a medical technologist.
According to a court statement by Natrona County
Sheriff’s Deputy Todd Sexton,
McDowell waived his right to
remain silent and talked to the
investigating deputies.
“McDowell admitted to going to the victim’s residence ...
and having sexual contact with
[the woman] to fulfill a ‘rape
fantasy’ for her,” Sexton wrote.
McDowell told investigators that he had corresponded
with a person he thought was
the woman at an e-mail address featured on the advertisement, Sexton wrote.
However,
prosecutors
charge that McDowell was

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actually communicating by email with Stipe, the woman’s
former boyfriend.
They say Stipe posted the
ad to set the woman up for
the violent attack without her
knowledge.
The San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sheriff’s Department
on Dec. 16 arrested Stipe, a
private first-class in the U.S.
Marine Corps then stationed
at Twentynine Palms.
A spokeswoman for the
Marine Corps said Stipe enlisted in July 2001 and, “was being
processed for administrative
separation as a result of a pattern of misconduct at the time
of his arrest.”
The Casper case is one
of several sex crimes to grab
headlines recently in which the
Internet linked perpetrators
and victims. Law enforcement
officials around the country
also have in the past accused
Craigslist of promoting prostitution.

Israeli Army soldiers take cover as a mobile artillery piece fires toward targets in the southern Gaza
Strip, on the Israel side of the border with Gaza on Jan. 6, 2009. Israel has failed to show it will conduct
an impartial investigation of its war crimes allegations. Photo: Anja Niedringhaus/The Associated Press

Rights group faults
war crimes probe
By Karin Laub
Associated Press Writer
RAMALLAH, West Bank —
Israel has failed to show it will
conduct an impartial investigation of allegations that it committed war crimes during its
Gaza offensive last year, an international human rights group
said Sunday.
U.N. investigators leveled
the war crimes allegations
against Israel in an official report submitted last year. In its
response last week, the Jewish state told the U.N. its current system of internal military
probes with legal oversight is
sufficient.
However, the New Yorkbased Human Rights Watch
rejected that argument, saying internal inquiries by Israel’s
military have largely focused on
possible wrongdoing by individual soldiers without looking
into high-level decisions that
led to large numbers of civilian
casualties, such as artillery fire
into populated areas.
Israeli investigators missed
an important piece of evidence
in one of the most contested incidents of the war, in which Gaza’s only flour mill was severely
damaged by Israeli fire, said
Human Rights Watch, which
discussed the ongoing investigations with Israeli military lawyers last week.
“Israel claims it is conducting credible and impartial investigations, but it has so far failed
to make that case,” said Joe
Stork, deputy Middle East director for Human Rights Watch.

“An independent investigation
is crucial to understand why so
many civilians died and to bring
justice for the victims of unlawful attacks.”
Israeli Foreign Ministry
spokesman Yigal Palmor dismissed the group’s findings,
saying that the military is investigating “in full transparency
everything that needs to be investigated.”
Israeli human rights groups
have also called for an independent probe. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so
far given no indication that he
plans to authorize such an investigation.
A team of U.N. investigators,
headed by veteran war crimes
prosecutor Richard Goldstone,
said last year that it found evidence that both sides violated
the laws of war.
The team said Israel used
disproportionate force and
deliberately targeted civilians,
while Hamas indiscriminately
fired rockets at Israeli civilians.
Both sides have denied the accusations.
Israel launched the threeweek campaign after Gaza militants barraged southern Israel
with thousands of rockets since
2002.
About 1,400 Gazans, among
them hundreds of civilians,
were killed in the fighting, along
with 13 Israelis.
On Sunday, Gaza militants
fired a rocket that landed in an
open field near the Israeli border town of Sderot, causing no
damage or injuries, the military
said.

Last November, the U.N.
General Assembly ordered Israel and Hamas to launch credible
investigations or face possible
Security Council action.
Israel and Hamas submitted reports about their efforts
last week, but U.N. Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon said he
could not determine whether
the investigations were credible.
It’s unclear what the U.N.’s next
move will be.
Human Rights Watch said
it was still reviewing the Hamas
response, but rejected the militant group’s assertion that it
didn’t intend to harm Israeli civilians.
Hamas fired hundreds of
rockets toward Israeli towns and
cities during the fighting, killing
three Israeli civilians.
Israel has said it has conducted more than 140 inquiries
connected to the war, including 36 criminal investigations.
One resulted in a conviction, a
relatively minor case of a soldier
stealing a credit card and charging $400 on it. Twenty-nine
cases remain open, the military
has said.
Two high-ranking officers
were reprimanded for approving the firing of artillery shells
toward a U.N. compound.
The Goldstone report alleged that Israel bombed Gaza’s
only flour mill from the air as
part of a deliberate attempt to
damage the civilian infrastructure in Gaza.
Israel said the mill was struck
inadvertently by a tank shell
during fighting with Hamas
militants.

From puppies
to Polamalu,
night entertains
The Super Bowl. Where to start?
The logical place is, of course, the Puppy
Bowl. Anyone else catch those little pups
running around from water bowl to water
bowl, being all cute and frisky and puppylike? We were so into the Animal Planet
program that the first time a penalty was
called during the Colts-Patriots face-off, we
expected the ref to yell at Dwight Freeney
for “ruff, ruff, ruffing the passer.”
OK, but seriously — can we talk about
Carrie Underwood’s outfit? She did a lovely
job singing the National Anthem, but did
she forget you’re not supposed to wear
white after Labor Day? And more importantly — if you wear all-white to a football
game, you’re just asking for some jerk to
spill his beer and nachos all over you.
While we’re on entertainment, we might
as well talk about The Who. Roger Daltrey
and Pete Townshend just might be the
oldest guys to see action on a football field
since Brett Favre — but they pulled it off.
Their halftime show might have sounded
like a CSI theme song medley to some, but
we’re just happy to see that Townshend
could get a few windmill guitar strums in
without losing an ancient arm.
And what about the commercials?
We noticed a few reoccurring themes.
Did anyone else notice the back-to-back
“pants off” commercials? Careerbuilder.
com and Dockers must have taken a cue
from the “Pants on the Ground” guy. Funny,
but definitely nothing we want to see while
we’re scarfing down our Super Bowl Sunday
snacks.
If you missed the back-to-back tightywhities, maybe you were fortunate enough
to see the midget-themed ads stacked
together. Mini-KISS and Punxsutawney
Polamalu? OK, truTV, you got us — we really
do want a tiny Troy Polamalu to climb out of
a tree to tell us the forecast every year.
Surprisingly, there were even a few local
commercial gems.
Don’t pretend watching the antics of the
KCCI news team didn’t put a smile on your
face. Who doesn’t want to see Kevin Cooney
narrowly escape a Gatorade shower? The
whole thing had an “Anchorman” feel to it.
We were also big fans of the cars.com
commercial that featured some super-kid
showing off his talents. He rode a bike,
neutralized a jellyfish sting with vinegar,
assisted with a tiger birth on a safari and
saved a cheerleading team with his supertornado-fighting skills.
All it needed was a creepy voice whispering, “Choose your adventure” at the end to
make it a commercial for Iowa State.
There were a few flops, of course.
We hope we can all agree that GoDaddy.
com commercials are just trashy. Come on,
Danica Patrick — class it up a bit.
And sadly, the E-Trade baby commercials
just aren’t as funny as they used to be now
that our little man is growing up.
We don’t even know what to say about
Dove for Men. But we’re looking forward
to the “Campaign for Real Beauty: Men’s
Edition.”
But no matter what little things we nitpick, there are a few things on which we can
all agree.
1. Watching the Kia Sorento “Joyride”
commercial made us want to go on a joyride with Sock Monkey, Muno, Robot, Teddy
and Mr. X. Toys are always fun.
2. Betty White + Abe Vigoda + Snickers =
WIN. We miss the Golden Girls and Barney
Miller. And now we all know with certainty
that Vigoda is indeed still alive.
3. Congratulations, New Orleans Saints,
on the win. Enjoy your Lombardi Trophy.
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Sen. Charles Schumer, left, accompanied by Rep. Chris Van Hollen, talks to reporters Jan. 21 on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court’s
decision on campaign finance has jumbled a seemingly simple rule of American politics. The ruling overturned a law that limited the size of campaign contributions by corporations and unions. Photo: Victoria Burke/The Associated Press

Corporate politics
Company contributions
would decrease with less
government spending

R

ecently, the Supreme Court voted
five-to-four to overturn a law limiting
the size of campaign contributions
made by corporations and unions. This ruling
was described by Justice John Paul Stevens
as “[threatening] to undermine the integrity
of elected institutions around the nation.”
Though the First Amendment was used as
justification, a simple read through of Article I,
Section 8 of our Constitution would have been
more than adequate for this decision.
The main problem that many people —
for example, Stevens — have with this ruling
is that if corporations are allowed to donate
unlimited amounts of money, they will use
that money to purchase favors from the politicians to whom they donate.
In his book “Freedomnomics,” economist
John Lott argues this is not the case. He says
that, if corporations were buying votes, you
should be able to see a change in a politician’s
voting habits after they decide to retire due to
a lack of need for more campaign contributions. However, a study by Lott and economist
Steve Bronars of 731 congressmen showed

Blake
Hasenmiller is a
senior in industrial
engineering and
economics from
DeWitt.

that on average, the congressman’s voting
pattern changed on only one out of every 450
votes.
Lott also explains that politicians, until
1994, were allowed to spend unused contributions on whatever they wanted as long as they
were first elected before 1980. This would lead
one to believe that retiring politicians would
have often been given donations, which could
be used by the politicians personally, as a reward for casting votes in favor of various businesses. This almost never happened either.
What campaign finance laws really do,
says Lott, is help out the incumbents. Because
incumbents already have an established reputation, a dollar spent on campaigning for an
incumbent is less valuable then a dollar spent
campaigning for a challenger. This is because
the challenger has so much more to inform
the public about — things they already know
about the incumbent.
In economic terms, that means the marginal value of the challenger’s money is greater
than the marginal value of the incumbent’s. It’s

no wonder politicians like campaign finance
laws so much. They may help the very politicians who vote for them keep their jobs.
Since the passing of the Federal Election
Campaign Act in 1974, incumbent victories
have risen from 88 to 94 percent in the House,
and from 76 to 81 percent in the Senate. In
state Senate races, campaign finance regulations approximately double the chance that
only one candidate will run. And spending
limits tend to lower voter turnouts. Now, correlation of course does not necessarily imply
causation, but it would seem that the elimination of campaign finance laws would actually
level out the playing field a little in elections.
And besides, if the federal government is
allowed to mandate what a corporation can
and cannot do with its money, whose money
is it, really? The corporation’s or the government’s?
If you really desire to decrease the chance
that a company will “buy” a politician, reduce
their incentive to do so. Politicians currently
control well over $3 trillion of taxpayer money.
It’s no wonder everyone’s trying to get their
hands on it.
By reducing government spending and
providing checks and regulations on what the
government can use its money for, we can
make vote-buying a less profitable venture in
the first place. Campaign finance laws aren’t
the way to do it.

Movie Review:

Turn your brain off for a while

L

uc Besson’s writing varies
in great degrees when his
screenplays are laid out for
examination. “Leon: The Professional” was excellent. “The Fifth
Element” is one of my favorite
sci-fi flicks. “Taken” was surprisingly well done and interesting.
“Transporter” was OK in its first
incarnation, though the sequels
are awful.
His newest flick, “From Paris
With Love,” looked like a pseudocheesy, action-packed story that
would at least entertain, and it
lived up to this low bar. From the
beginning, I thought this looked
like “Transporter” but with different — yet similar — characters;
even to the point of the lead being
a bald guy who blows things up to
make the bad guys fall down.
John Travolta and Jonathan
Rhys Meyers play secret agents
that clock in at complete opposite
ends of the spectrum: Travolta
is a hard-hitting, action-driven,
hit-now-and-ask-questions-later
guy with a penchant for destroying anything and everything
he comes in contact with. Rhys
Meyers is a highly conservative, plant-bugs-and-avoiddangerous-situations guy with
“middle management” written all
over him. The idea for the movie

Gabriel Stoffa is senior in communication
studies and political science from Ottumwa.

should be: Put the two of them
together and let them learn what
each needs in order to become
better people. This barely happens, though.
The two characters learn
about who the other is and then
fail to be positive influences.
Travolta’s constant violence-filled
life encroaches on Rhys Meyers’
bland world, and apparently Besson forgot to write in the lessons
to be learned while penning the
adrenaline-pumping fights.
But this isn’t much of a
problem, as this is supposed to
be a sort of mindless action flick
anyway.
It’s unfortunate Travolta was
chosen to play the super agent
hell-bent on kicking tail, because
he doesn’t pull it off. His shaved
head and jet-black beard don’t
make him any more cool that he
normally might look, and when
he flashes his big toothy grins he
looks even less like the bad boy he
is supposed to be portraying. This

character is almost as ridiculous
as the one he played in “Swordfish” — yet another event where
someone mistakenly believed
Travolta should be a hip-looking
bad boy. Whatever happened to
the uber-cool Vincent character
he played in “Pulp Fiction”? Why
can’t Travolta just play that sort of
bad boy, cool guy again?
Luckily Rhys Meyers’ character is tolerable, particularly when
his knockout hottie of a girlfriend
strolls into frame. The problem is
you never become involved with
these cliché characters.
When comedy tries to rear its
head, it is promptly cut off before
the attempt can be completed.
It’s as if the director wanted to
make sure everything in the story
had a choppy feel, much like the
editing. You see, the editing had
to be cut very carefully to avoid
showing that Travolta is not an
older guy. His character is fast like
kung-fu, and in order to achieve
the image, Travolta’s movements

are filmed very heavily to compensate. It’s the film trying too
hard to convince us he’s tough.
As for the actual story and
progression of the film, it chugs
along without going very far. The
formula works something like
this: explosion, gun fight, pause
while being shot at for some
dialogue, find some fantastic
method of rendering the enemies
unconscious or dead.
This just repeats itself over
and over until finally the movie
wraps up with an ending where
the two characters should have
learned from each other, but instead are essentially just the same
people they ever were.
Basically, the movie is a way
to turn off your brain for a while,
but without being a blockbuster,
special-effects frenzy like most
action movies. This doesn’t improve it, nor does it give it any sort
of extra appeal for theater-goers.
In the end, this movie will see fine
rental value for bored people that
have seen everything else that
has come out that week. So wait
around for a while and you too
can fill a little chunk of your day
with “Transporter 4” — er, I mean
“From Paris with Love,” the newest in a long series of mistakes to
be green-lit by Hollywood.

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Letters:

Varsity Theater a waste of money, Editorial Board
serves no purpose
government should shift focus
I believe the Varsity Theater project is
not a good endeavor for the Government
of the Student Body to undertake. The cost
alone is staggering. A more than $400,000
commitment in this first bill for the first
two years and an estimated $60,000 and
growing investment each year after is a lot
of money to provide movies a few times
a week.
The Ames community already is home
to a cheap theater. North Grand Mall has
$2 movies on the weekends and cheaper
the rest of the time. I understand this is not
near campus, but all ISU students can hop
on CyRide and be there fairly quickly.
Surely, GSB can come up with a better
way to spend our student fees. A project
that runs at a deficit should be a red flag
that maybe it’s a bad idea. What would
happen if the cost estimates are incorrect
and the theater runs $100,000 yearly deficit? By the time the project would be shut
down and scrapped, over half a million
dollars in student fees will likely be spent
to show a few thousand students some
movies. This is just too big a risk to take.
It is my opinion that this is the pet

Nathan Hardisty is a senior in
civil engineering.

project of a handful of GSB members. I
was in attendance at a presentation given
to the Engineering Student Council by a
group of students who had apparently
come up with this idea, and the students
said the idea had yet to be brought to GSB.
They then went to on to say they were all
GSB members.
The members of GSB are there to
spend student fees wisely and impact all
students, not to come up with their own
little projects and reach into every student’s pocket to fund it. I realize that there
is no way a single project can impact all
students, but one that will spend $500,000
should impact more than the amount of
students that I believe are likely to attend
this theater.
The following line from the proposed
legislation concerns me as much as any:
“That the Government of the Student
Body be responsible for any emergency or
unforeseen expenses necessary to maintenance of the building in accordance with

its lease agreement...” I have never been
in the building that the proposed project
is to be located in nor have a read the
lease agreement, but I don’t understand
why GSB or any lessee for that matter
should be responsible if the basement
wall of an old building collapses, a roof
leaks or any number of other expensive
repairs is needed. I believe that this line of
legislation opens GSB up to a number of
expenses and liabilities that could possibly
dwarf the startup and operation costs of
this project. At the very least I feel this line
of legislation should be removed, even if it
requires a change of the lease agreement
to protect GSB and the student body.
Also, just for your information, the
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and guarantees at least $440,000, not to
mention future operation costs or costs
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will waste student money and not provide
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instances, you ignore them and
don’t really feel threatened?
After all, you’re the hero. You’ll
come out on top, right?
All I’m going to suggest is
that you not approach “Mass
Effect 2” with that attitude.
I wish I could go into more
details about the plot. Seriously,
I do. But the story is so perfectly
executed in its writing, direction
and acting that from moment
one you’ll be on the edge of
your seat with mouth agape.
And of course, it only gets better
from there.
I really don’t know how else
to say it: “Mass Effect 2” has im-

alignment status and, not only
occasionally dip into the other
side just for fun or to get what
you want, but both paths are
equally ... well, cool. Either way,
Shepard’s out to save the galaxy,
and nobody’s going to stop that
kind of gung-ho attitude.
Well ... almost nobody. In
case you didn’t know this, you
can — more or less — lose the
game. I won’t go into specifics,
but you know how in some
games, the characters around
you will cry warnings about
how dangerous the mission
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Game Review:

’ll be honest with you: I
don’t know how to write
this review. I mean come
on. It’s freaking “Mass Effect
2.” Odds are you’ve already
bought the thing if you were
even remotely interested in
it. If you’re looking for a short
summary and a consensus,
though, here it is. “Mass Effect
2” is great. Practically perfect. It’s
well worth your money.
As in, go buy it right now.
And hey, if that’s all you wanted
from me, congrats. You got it.
The game improves and
expands upon its predecessor
in nearly every fashion — combat, exploration, story, etc. Even
romances feel far more organic
and progressive as opposed to
the last game where you pretty
much knew that if you wanted
to jump in the sack with one
of your fellow crew members,
you’d have to talk to them at
specified points in time. Moreover, you knew when those
specific points were.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s go back and examine
these a bit more in-depth.
You’ll notice right away that
combat in “Mass Effect 2” is a
quicker, more violent action
than before. This is partly due to
how little you’ll be shooting at
non-organics, but more so due
to the new combat designs.
For example, no longer will
you have to worry about overheating your weapon. Instead,
you’ll be utilizing clips of ammunition, which can be ejected
and reloaded at any time. Of
course nothing good comes
for free, which brings us to the
issue of ammo conservation.
Thankfully, this is in no
way a bad thing, as it increases
tension and pressure to make
your shots count, and there was
never a time I felt like I was running too low.
With BioWare’s handilycrafted story, I found myself
completely immersed in the
game at all times? The characters are vivid and complex, with
a few familiar faces, but plenty
of new ones.
Each one has a distinct
personality and, while some
are undoubtedly more original
than others, they all feel like
they belong in this universe.
That’s a testament to BioWare’s
skills if I ever saw one.
If characters aren’t a testament, reflect on how wholly
remarkable the environments
in “Mass Effect 2” are. Each
location has a unique feel and
personality, and unlike some of
the previous game’s environments, it really feels like people
could live here.
It’s a science-fiction epic,
but it’s far more than that as
well. We may be dealing with
synthetic intelligences, fasterthan-light travel, magic heatbullets, and the possible end of
humanity, but I’ll be damned if
I wasn’t invested in the tale as
though it were a documentary
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there are even improvements to
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to plenty of fights, but enough
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Team prepares
for season, wins
Cyclone Open
By Kasey Sutherland
Daily Staff Writer
Iowa State’s track and
field throwers continued
their early season successes
in the inaugural Cyclone
Open on Friday and Saturday at the Harry Hoak Track
inside Lied Recreation AthHampton
letic Center.
The Cyclones swept the
weight throw, taking first
through fifth, with sophomore Laishema Hampton
leading the way with a throw
of 57-05. Junior Britta Christofferson earned a second
place finish in the weight
Frere
throw, as well as a victory in
the women’s shot put Saturday with a throw of 47-07.
Danielle Frere, Hayli Bozarth and Emily
Nugent rounded out the top five for the Cyclones. Laishema’s victory is her third championship so far this season, after not being able
to make the finals at the first meet of 2010, the
ISU Open.
“I think I needed that performance at the
ISU Open to push me forward, I want to hit
61 feet just to be in a good position for Conference,” Hampton said. “The team is in a good
place right now; we all push each other and are
working to get into the right position for the Big
12 Championship.”
Throws coach Grant Wall thinks his squad
is close to where they need to be as the season
progresses.
“We all see the big picture,” Wall said. “We’re

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Mens’ Track and Field

Success of young
stars encourages
fans, coaches
By Dan Tracy
Daily Staff Writer
Fans at this weekend’s
Cyclone Open were able to
catch a glimpse of the future
as many of the team’s veterans and top competitors sat
out of the meet following a
full week of training.
Eklof
With the familiar faces in
street clothes, a large contingency of underclassmen got
their opportunity in the inaugural Cyclone Open.
“We’re pretty young, but
we got some kids making
some movement in different
areas and it’s exciting to see,”
Murphysaid coach Corey Ihmels.
Baum
The biggest group of absentees from the meet were
the ISU distance runners, including All-Americans Hillary Bor and Guor Marial, who did not
compete this weekend.
However, the depth of the distance squad
showed as redshirt freshman Garrett Eklof
won the mens’ non-seeded 3,000-meter run in
8:50:12 and junior Ben Murphy-Baum ran second in the seeded 3,000-meter run in a time of
8:34.28.
“We’re at the bottom of the totem pole on
the [distance] team,” Eklof said. “Our team’s
good, but if we keep moving the bottom up its
going to make our team better.”
Thirteen of the 19 ISU freshman on the
mens’ side were in action this weekend, highlighted by the performance in the 600-yard
run.
Freshman Greg Kufahl finished in second
in front of fellow freshmen Casey Negrete and
Brian Sandvig, who finished third and fifth.
“The fact that all of us were right there is really exciting and now we can build on this and
get even better,” Kufahl said.
In his first race as a Cyclone, junior college
transfer Alvin Garnett beat out former Mississippi State runner and SEC Champion Jamil
Hubbard with a photo finish in the mens’
400-meter dash.
Garnett got to the line just before Hubbard
as the race came down to a few thousandths of
a second as both men ran times of 48.45 seconds.
“I was just so happy,” Garnett said. “My
coach told me to go out and just run. That’s
what I did, and I won.”
Garnett committed to the Cyclones in Oc-

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ISU coach Greg McDermott pulls aside Chris Colvin near the end of the Cyclones’ game against Kansas State on Saturday in Hilton Coliseum. The
Cyclones lost 79–75. Photo: Manfred Brugger/Iowa State Daily

Cyclone focus fails
Losing streak
to Kansas State
up to eight

Poor second-half start
dooms Iowa State in
another Big 12 game

By Chris Cuellar
Daily Staff Writer

By Nate Sandell
Daily Staff Writer

Iowa State (13–10, 2–6 Big
12) hosted a rowdy crowd and
a top 10 team in Hilton Coliseum for the third time this
season Saturday and fell for
the third time.
No. 10 Kansas State (19–4,
6–3) overcame a halftime deficit and 30.6 percent shooting
in the opening 20 minutes to
beat the Cyclones in a Big 12
Conference game, 79–75. The
Wildcats opened the second
half on a 17–2 run, and the
Cyclones weren’t able to sniff
the lead for the remainder of
the game.
“I felt we had a game plan
and we were executing it, but
there were a couple here and
there minutes that we didn’t
execute them, and I think that
was the reason for the result at
the end,” said forward Craig
Brackins.
Brackins led the Cyclones
in scoring for the third consecutive game, tallying 29 points
on 11-of-22 shooting, but was
outshined by the Wildcats’
guard Denis Clemente, who
put in 30 points of his own for
the winning side. The 6-foot-1inch senior from Puerto Rico
hit timely 3-pointers over and
over for coach Frank Martin’s
team, finishing a proficient
6-of-8 from behind the arc.
“He had big shots against
us here last year, in a game that
was very similar to this one,”
said coach Greg McDermott.
“He’s a senior, and that’s what
you want your seniors to do,
step up when the team needs
them. He’s a load, and every
time we made a mistake he
made us pay.
“We’re a good 3-point
shooting team, and we certainly didn’t shoot it well today.”
The Cyclones yet again

team reflected opposites, with
the Cyclones wearing white
jerseys with pink numbers
and shoes for Breast Cancer
Awareness week and the Wildcats donning their road black
jerseys with purple outlines —
and the play of the two halves
Saturday were just as opposite.
The crowd of 12,649 in
Ames held onto hope that
McDermott would get his first
victory over a ranked team
since his arrival at Iowa State
(0–18) in the first half, with
the Cyclones outshooting
and outrebounding Kansas
State, and even giving up a recent low four turnovers in the
opening half. That all changed
once the teams left the locker
room, and Iowa State’s now-

Dejected and deflated looks riddled
players’ faces on the ISU bench Saturday
as they watched yet another game slip
from their grasp.
The Cyclones scrapped their way to
an impressive 35–31 halftime lead over
Kansas State only to see it vanish and the
game end in a 79–75 loss.
Inconsistency and an inability to play
a complete 40 minutes has been a recurring storyline for the Cyclones.
That inconsistency has hurt Iowa
State in several games this season, including losses against Northwestern, Texas,
Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Baylor and now
Kansas State. The negative trend has left
the players unable to pinpoint the root
cause of the Cyclones’ recurring problems.
“I don’t know. We’re all locked in. We’re
all focused. We look into each other’s
eye and we all know we’re there for each
other,” said forward Craig Brackins after Saturday’s game. “I really don’t have
an answer, because I feel we’re out there
playing hard and we’re focused.”
Iowa State has outscored its opponents in both halves only once in its last
17 games, which came against North Dakota.
Saturday’s game was no different and
had a similar look and feel to Iowa State’s
loss to Texas earlier this season.
In the game against the Longhorns,
Iowa State was up 44–42 at the half. But a
10–0 Texas run at the start of the second
half sapped any momentum gained in
the first half. The Cyclones were able to
hold their own with the Longhorns for
the remainder of the game, but the damage had been done, resulting in a 90–83
defeat.
“It’s just those one or two minutes
here and there that we go from the game
plan or we don’t focus as much and that
costs us,” Brackins said.
As was the case against the Longhorns, a momentary loss of focus cost the
Cyclones against the Wildcats. Iowa State
scored a quick basket after the break to increase its lead to 36–31, but the Cyclones

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see FOCUS on PAGE 13

Iowa State’s Craig Brackins and Justin Hamilton guard Kansas
State’s Jamar Samuels during the Cyclones’ game Saturday in
Hilton Coliseum. Brackins led the way for Iowa State with 29
points. Photo: Manfred Brugger/Iowa State Daily
Feb. 6

79-75
(19-4)

Hilton Coliseum

missed scoring from their
guard positions, with starting
backcourters Diante Garrett
and Scott Christopherson and
their backups, Dominique
Buckley and Chris Colvin,
combining for just 21 points.
McDermott insinuated earlier in the week that he would
consider making a change to
the lineup with Christopherson’s mononucleosis and ineffective play, but after the game
McDermott was disappointed
with lapses in focus from his
under-staffed team.
“In the locker room, I
didn’t even talk about minutes, I talked about seconds,”
McDermott said. “We just
have lapses in concentration,
that are really short lapses, but
they can be devastating.”
The uniforms for each

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Womens’ Basketball

Poppens leads Iowa State to win
By Kayci Woodley
Daily Staff Writer
A low level of energy from the
Missouri women’s basketball team
resulted in Iowa State’s first-half
domination, resulting in a 65–39 victory over the Tigers. On Sunday afternoon at Mizzou Arena, Iowa State
shut down Missouri after leading 39–
15 at halftime, extending its record to
18–4 (6–3 Big 12) as the Tigers fell to
11–11 (1–8 Big 12).
“We were defending well, we
were defensive rebounding which
led to some transition baskets, and
probably more than we’ve had in a
long time,” said coach Bill Fennelly.
Iowa State capitalized in the first
period as Missouri came out flat and
allowed the Cyclones to score easy
baskets in transition. Tiger defenders

were left behind
as Iowa State continually pushed
the ball down the
floor.
“We
probably couldn’t have
Poppens
played much better in the first half,
at both ends,” Fennelly said.
Hustled by the freshman post
Poppens, she led the Cyclone offense
in the first half, finishing fast-break
layups and snatching rebounds left
and right. Poppens led Iowa State
after the first half in points and rebounds, and in the first 11 minutes
of the game, scored 12 of the Cyclone’s first 18 points.
“[Poppens] got some on her own

see POPPENS on PAGE 13

Chelsea Poppens, forward, guards during the game against Texas Tech on
Wednesday. Poppens scored a total of 11 points, and Iowa State defeated
Texas Tech by a score of 63–48. Photo: Jay Bai/Iowa State Daily

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Swimming and Diving

Season ends
with close
loss, but not
without fight
By Kasey Sutherland
Daily Staff Writer
Senior day events at
Beyer Pool Friday and Saturday may not have had the
happy ending some would
have liked, but the ISU swim
team had several strong performances and sent its five
Liu
senior swimmers and divers
away from Iowa State with
successful Cyclone careers.
The swim team brought
the Kansas Jayhawks to town
this weekend. After Friday’s
competition, the Cyclones
were only behind by a slim
margin, but fell just short of
Glaser
Kansas, 164–136.
After splitting the first
eight events of the dual meet
Friday night with the Jayhawks, Iowa State was only
behind by eight points heading into Saturday’s events.
Jeli Nixt brought first-place
Tran
finishes to the Cyclones from
the 50-yard breaststroke and
as a member of the 200 medley relay team
along with seniors Nan Liu, Abby Glaser and
Frances Calzada. Glaser also won the 150-yard
butterfly to add to the Cyclone win total.
Friday’s other win came from Liu who was
crowned champion of the 100-yard individual
medley. Saturday’s events started off with Glaser continuing to put on a stellar showing with
a second-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle,
finishing just .01 seconds behind Kansas’
Monica Johannessen. Nixt and Marley Suckow added a 1-2 finish for ISU in the 150-yard
breaststroke, while Liu ended her short but
impressive career at Beyer Pool with a victory
in the 50-yard butterfly. Another relay victory
was earned by the 200 freestyle relay squad of
Glaser, Calzada and juniors Chelsea Tomek
and Kalyn Amundsen. Team captain and senior Tien Tran triumphed in the 1- and 3-meter
dives to finish as one of the best Cyclone divers in history, and she ended her career as the
school record-holder in the 3-meter dive.
Although the Cyclone swimmers and divers won’t return to Beyer Pool this season, they
have two weeks to prepare for a big opportunity in the Big 12 Conference Championships,
which take place Feb. 24–27 in College Station,
Texas.

WRESTLING
from PAGE 1

The three wrestlers he has lost to — Cornell’s Troy
Nickerson, Robles and Iowa’s Matt McDonough —
are ranked second, third and fourth in the nation,
respectively.
The Cyclones and Sun Devils proceeded to
split matches, heading into the 157-pound match
tied at 7–7. Sophomore Andrew Sorenson propelled the second-ranked Cyclones, recording his
ninth fall of the season by pinning Michael Swigart
with a fall time of 1:53. Sorenson’s win by fall put
the Cyclones out to a 13–7 lead with five matches
to go in the dual meet.
“It’s nice to step back and look at [the victory],
but we’ve still got to move forward and we’ve still
got goals this year,” Sorenson said. “So it’s just a
stepping stone for us.”
In the next match, junior Jon Reader displayed
the perfect display of dominant wrestling, defeating Kyle DeBerry by technical fall, 15–0, with a fall
time of 3:23. Reader, who is ranked second in the
nation at 165 pounds, recorded a team-leading
fourth technical fall on the season.
“Coach Jackson has told his guys to go out
there and wrestle like it’s your last time you’re going to go out there, and I take that to heart,” Reader
said. “I go out there and give it everything I’ve got
and put my heart on the line.”
Reader defeated DeBerry by a major decision
of 16–7 at last year’s dual meet in Hilton Coliseum.
Duke Burk made a triumphant return to his
winning ways, defeating Eric Starks by a decision

LOSS

from PAGE 12
typical slow second-half start gave the
visitors an insurmountable edge.
“We made a couple turnovers that
led to baskets during that stretch, and we
lost Clemente in transition that led to a
couple 3-point shots,” McDermott said.
“Those four plays, I thought, turned the

POPPENS
from PAGE 12

by offensive rebounding, and then we
ran a lot of plays for her early in the game
and she was scoring,” Fennelly said. “All
of [her first half points] were very different; break-away layups, she hits an elbow
jumper, she makes two free throws, she
gets a put back.”
Poppens had outscored the entire
Missouri offense with 3:47 left in the first
half, as the Tigers had just eight points total. The Aplington native finished with 14
points and nine boards.
“We keep talking about an inside
presence who can score in the post and
we really wanted to get some opportunities for her and she got some on her own
by her effort on the court,” Fennelly said.
Poppens made an impact not only on
the offensive end, but also on the defensive end. Poppens was given the job of

Iowa State’s Jerome Ward wrestles Arizona State’s Jake Meredith in the Cyclones’ 30–10 win over the
Sun Devils on Sunday. The win was the ISU wrestling programs 1,000th, the first program to reach 1,000
wins in NCAA history. Courtesy photo: Michael Arellano/The State Press, Arizona State University

of 7–2 after hitting a snag of nine straight losses in
the middle of the season.
Senior David Zabriskie’s 4–1 decision over
17th-ranked Erik Nye finalized the Cyclones’
1,000th all-time dual victory, an event with an unlimited amount of significance for all of those who
put their heart and soul into Cyclone wrestling.
“We’re a university and a wrestling team that’s

momentum of the game,”
Iowa State was down 11 points with
1:13 left in the ballgame, and desperation
3-pointers from Marquis Gilstrap and
Garrett dropped, extending the life of the
ballgame. At the end, even a Garrett steal
with 11 seconds left and the Cyclones
down four couldn’t translate into points,
Brackins and company left the floor disappointed yet again.

shutting down Missouri’s leading scorer,
Jessra Johnson, who finished with just
four points on the night.
Feeding the ball into Poppens in
transition was senior point guard Alison
Lacey, who finished with 18 points, seven
assists and six boards.
Defensively the ISU zone was effective, holding Missouri to a low 16.7 percent from the field in the first half, and
outrebounding the Tigers 28–10 in the
first.
Missouri’s unseen hustle in the first
half was found in the second as the Tigers
bounced back in the first four minutes,
going on a 7–0 run out of the locker room.
With a large lead, the Cyclones came out
a bit flat-footed, but bounced back shortly after.
“For 32 of the 40 minutes we played as
good as we could’ve played and certainly
that was an indication of the final score,”
Fennelly said.

FOCUS

from PAGE 12
suddenly went cold, allowing the Wildcats to go on a 17–2 run in
the next five minutes.
Coach Greg McDermott told his team in the locker room after
the game that the team’s problems come down to losing its focus
for even just seconds.
“It’s losing your focus for a second,” McDermott said during
the postgame press conference. “If you lose your focus for a second you get loose with the ball and they take it the other way. It’s
not about minutes, it’s about being locked in every second.”
Against Baylor lastWednesday, the Cyclones held their ground
in the first half, trailing the Bears by four at the half, 38–34. However, Iowa State scored only one point in a 3-minute, 30-second
stretch at the start of the second half, which allowed the Bears to
build their lead and ultimately put the game out of reach.
McDermott said his team showed improvement Wednesday,
but again it came down to a momentary loss of focus.
“I thought we competed harder today than we did against
Baylor for the most part,” McDermott said. “We just have lapses
in concentration that are really short lapses, but they can be devastating.”
Even the fan base has become aggravated by Iowa State’s recent struggles. As Kansas State staged its early-half run, the crowd
at Hilton Coliseum seemed to almost be expecting a Cyclone collapse.
“Well, here we go. Might as well just bend over and take it,” a
fan in the student section was overheard saying.
McDermott and his players have shown an equal sense frustration, but remain set on trying to find a solution.
“We’re in this to win, so when you don’t win it’s frustrating,”
McDermott said. “It’s frustrating for players. It’s frustrating for
coaches. It’s frustrating for fans. And all we can do is go back to
work Monday morning and try to correct it the best we can.”

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Casterline

provisional NCAA qualifier in the 60-meter
dash, adds great strength to his squad.
“Those girls are very talented,” Wiens
said. “They always put our squad in great
position.”
Myranda Casterline set a new personal
record in the preliminaries of the 60-meter
hurdles before improving her time again in
the finals to get the victory for the Cyclones.
“Myranda comes out and does whatever we say,” Wiens said. “It’s good to see the
fact that it was her time to be in the limelight and she took full advantage of it.”
Caitlin Weber competed in the pole
vault competition for the Cyclones and
took home third place. The sophomore
from Lakeville, Minn., cleared 3.5 meters
Friday night, setting a new personal record,
as well as tying the school record in the pro-

pole vaulter
Eric Forbes
improved
his personal
record by six
inches
by
clearing 15-07
Koglin
on his way to
a victory in
the mens’ pole vault. The victory
was the first of Forbes’ collegiate
career and gives him a boost of
confidence as he prepares for
the Big 12 Indoor Championships in three weeks.
“[Womens’ pole vaulter
Caitlin Weber and I are] really
excited to jump at Big 12s after qualifying this weekend,”
Forbes said.
The Cyclones will get their
final tuneup before the Big 12
Indoor Championships when
they host the annual ISU Classic
next weekend.
The meet will begin Thursday at Lied Recreation Athletic
Center.

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tober after coming on a visit
during Homecoming week.
Although new to the program,
assistant coach Nate Wiens is
excited about the talent he has
seen already from Garnett.
“He fits the mold, attitudewise, and who he wants to be as
a young man fits into our team
atmosphere and what we want
to do,” Wiens said of Garnett.
The mens’ throwers did
their best to match the womens’ first through fifth finish in
the weight throw as they finished second, third and fourth
in the mens’ weight throw, led
by junior Josh Koglin’s throw of
58-01 1/4. Another fine freshman performance came from
Daniel Swarbrick in the shot put
with 49-11 3/4 throw, which was
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pretty close to our top performances and
we’re right on pace to perform well at the
Big 12s and at the ISU Classic next week.”
A strong performance was turned in
by senior sprinter Lashawn Wright, who is
coming off shoulder surgery four months
ago.
Wright finished first in the 60-meter
dash with a time of 7.61 in the finals, finishing just ahead of fellow senior Jenna Caffrey.
Wright’s road to recovery has her well
underway to major accomplishments this
season.
“If my body is in pain, I just have to
come to practice and push myself,” Wright
said. “I’ve been out and I want to come and
compete strong in my final season, I want
to bring home a medal and qualify for
nationals in both the indoor and outdoor
seasons.”
Sprinters and hurdlers coach Nate
Wiens feels that having Wright return to
run with fellow sprinter Caffrey, already a

cess.
“I’m just trying to improve for the Classic next week,” Weber said. “The school record has made me so happy, but in the next
couple weeks I’d like to keep improving
and become more technical and continue
to improve the technique.”
Kianna Elahi added to the Cyclones’
weekend successes with a victory in
women’s 600-yard run, while teammate
Donnise Powell finished third in the same
event. Powell and Elahi also ran as part of
Iowa State’s “A” 4x400 meter relay team
that finished second with senior Monique
Hawkins and sophomore Callan Jacobson
also contributing. Junior Brittany Rover
finished fifth in a 3,000-meter event that
was without several of Iowa State’s usual
runners, who took the week off in favor of
a better performance at next week’s ISU
Classic.
The ISU Classic is one of the team’s biggest meets of the indoor season, and the
team has worked all season to put itself in
top shape for it.
The meet will begin at 12:30 p.m. Thursday and continue through Saturday at Lied
Recreation Athletic Center.

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Gemini: Ask for suggestions.
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During the next few months you’ll
benefit from scheduled rest breaks
-- on a daily basis, if possible. Allow
ideas to grow naturally. In this way
you reach your goals through minor
sacrifices while sticking to your
values.

imagination. Try a new recipe for
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To get the advantage, check the
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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 6
-- You want to achieve success and
you’re willing to do the work. Unpack
your thoughts so you can see all the
possibilities. Then choose.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is
an 8 -- Your goal is to move forward
with a group decision. Others have
different plans. Expect a power
play backstage, with the outcome
resolved in the final act.

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the grid so each row,
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Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today
is a 7 -- Concepts that bubble to the
surface require the use of your many
talents. Don’t be shy about sharing
ideas with the new kid on the block.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) -- Today
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There’s no limit to your creative

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today
is a 6 -- The love you feel needs to
be out where others can share it.
Just say what you’ve been holding
in. Responses provide pleasant
surprises.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today
is an 8 -- You started the creative
flow yesterday. Now take it with you
to school or work. Apply your unique
perspective to traditional methodologies.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is
a 6 -- A female sparks your imagination with creative ways to show off
a design or product. Sleep on it and
make your final decision later.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today
is an 8 -- Someone wants to go in a

new direction. Think long and hard
before you do. Your gut tells you to
stay on your plotted course.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 7 -- Although you wish you
were on vacation today, you discover
that careful attention to the feelings of
others allows you to get through the
day unscathed.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 7 -- See? That investment
in romance paid off! Now spend
time preparing delicious rewards for
everyone you invite to the party. You
can keep the surprise a secret.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today
is a 7 -- Everything will be perfect
today if you can find a way to say
exactly what you mean the first time.
This is no easy task, and there are no
do-overs (until later).
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today
is a 5 -- You awaken with passion, or
maybe you had a sensational dream.
Tell your partner or closest friend in
order to get practical feedback about
where to go with those wild feelings.

what?

Games

just
sayin’

To all the people who
submit a “Just Sayin’,”
PROOFREAD. Just
sayin’.
···
To my roommate whose
body wash bottle has
been full since the beginning of last semester...
you disgust me. Just
sayin’....
···
It’s bad enough we have
to see UGG boots, at
least pick up your feet
so we don’t have to hear
them..Just Sayin’
···
To all you jerks who
study alone at a four
person table during the
lunch rush hour in the
Hub - GO TO LIBRARY!
···
I don’t CARE if you are
building a spice rack for
your Freddy apartment,
I’m trying to sleep and
the constant pounding is
not helping!
···
To the girl wearing the
hat that looks like you
stole it from a panda
mascot you definitely
chose your adventure at
Iowa State!
···
To the girl who is willing
to cook breakfast for
a guy, i’m available 7
mornings out of the
week...just sayin’
···
To all the hardcore crazy
bingo fans that think they
need to get there an hour
and a half early just to
get some snacks....can
you save me some this
friday for once? thanks.
···
Seriously May can not
come fast enough!!! I will
have a huge party when I
don’t have to see professors or takes tests or do
homework! When will
they realize that I am not
learning anything in their
classes?

···
To whoever sets the
temperature in curtis, if
I’m excited for class to
end so I can get outside
where its warmer then it
is TOO COLD! Just sayin

···
Watching people try
to ride their scooters
through two inches of
snow is hilarious

···
Dear roommate please
discover a social life. You
never leave. Its sad for
you and annoying for
me.